STAND. COM. REP. NO. 699

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1070
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 1070, S.D. 1, entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
     DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to expand the availability of
housing to low-income families and individuals in the State.

     This bill clarifies the definition of "qualified resident"
to ensure that housing assistance reaches its intended
beneficiaries, amends and expands the definition of "housing
owner" to include "very low" income applicants, and amends the
definition of "qualified tenant" to conform to fair housing
requirements.  The bill also lowers the income limits and expands
the first priority eligibility for participation in the state
rent supplement program.

     Your Committee has amended the bill by conforming its
statutory provisions to the printed version of the Hawaii Revised
Statutes, and by making other technical nonsubstantive
amendments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your

 
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Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
1070, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1070, S.D.
2.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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